Resilient tire.



T. l.` CARBONE.

RESILIENT TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. II. 19u.

L1 89,7% I Patented July 4, 1916.

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T. i.. CARBONE.

RESILIENT TIRE. APPLICATION FILED IAN. I1. 1911.

1,1 89,788, mmm July 4, 1916.

MIIESS IIIITD T. L. CARBONE.

Rsmsm TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1911.-

311,151. Patented July 4, 1916.

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MTN 555125 l Mw /jml/QM? TIT@ LIVIO CARBONE, OF'CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY.

RESLIENT TIRE.

Original application filed February 12, 1910,`Seria1 No. 543,525.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented. July d, 1916.

Divided and this application filed January ll, 1911. Serial No. 601,982.

, that kind in which the rim of the wheel and the tire are so constructed that the tire can be replaced on the road without any special apparatus or tools, and for this purpose, the invention consists of the combination, with the rim of a wheel, of a fixed flange on one side of the rim, a detachable flange on the other side, a cover provided with beads at the inner edges, and means for seburin -r said detachable flange into operative position.

The invention consists `further of certain details of construction, which are fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the. claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 represent vertical transverse sections of my improved. tire, shown in the act of bei/ng placed on the rim: Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section. showing the tire in position on the rim; Fig. 4 is a similar section of the tire shown in operative position on the rim and provided with a rigid tread., and Fig. 5 is also a similar section, provided with a resilient outer tread.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in the different figures in the drfvings.

Referring `to the drawings, a represents the cover, which is extended around an inner stretching ring d, pressed out of sheet steel or similar' material and an outer stretching ring c. The folly fr, which may be made of wood or other material, is covered with a -ring jt, which is preferably pressed. out of sheet steel and prevented from moving laterally7 on the folly by a downwardly-bent flange a at one side, and an upwardly-extending annular flange g at the opposite side of the folly'. A ring-shaped. flange i is arranged at one side of the felly and held thereon by bolts m, which pass through and which are located in transverse recesses of the felly. The cover e is clamped between an outer rigid band 02, having a rubber tread 0, or the like, and the rigid stretching ring c, the whole forming one entire structure with the band c2. The cover a is open at its inner edges and provided with beads e of the well known shape, which are inserted into correspondingly-shaped grooves f of the inner stretching ring d. The cover a togetherl with the stretching ring d, is

forced from the open side, that is, from the left-hand side in Figs. l and 2, over the felly r until the right-hand bead comes into contact with the flange i', as shown in Fig. 2. The left hand bead of the cover a is then pulled down and brought into its proper position against a flange or ring t' which is pushed over the projecting ends of the bolts m, so that by means of a pair of tongs 7c, it is forced inwardly over the rim toa Sullicient extent to'enable nuts Z to be screwed over the projecting threaded ends of the bolts m by tightening the nuts on to the detachable flange z'. lt is then completely tightened against the folly until the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 3. In this manner not only the beads of tle cover a are securely held in position between felly r and the inner stretching ring d, but the cover is uniformly stretched while being applied to the rim. rlfhis construction of the tire enables the cover to have an outer rigid ring c2, such as are ordinarily provided for heavy vehicles, without having to make the tread band of several pieces. stretching ring c is made into the shape of a divided ring and provided with a spreading device of any well known construction. lt can then be introduced into the cover before fixing the tire on the rim and combined so as to form one rigid whole with the outer tread-band by spreading. As the tire is not subjected to variable pressure but has to be.

To that end the with a soft rubber-layer o, as s'how-n in Figs.

1, 2 and 3, or it can be used Withouta rubber layer, as shown in Fig. 4. I

Having thus described my invention, I

vclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a ring-shaped ange, a detachable ring-shaped flange, said flanges having'broad bearing surfaces, bolts extendin from the first-mentioned ringshaped ange to the said detachable rin'gshaped flange, a detachable ring-shaped plate extending from and over the fixed flange, and to and under the detachable flange, and a cover having beads with bearing surfaces coperating with said bearing surfaces of said rings, held by said ringshaped plate and said anges.

2. In aresilient tire, the combination of a cover having enlarged beads disposed substantially perpendicularly thereto, an. inner stretching ring having substantially vertically disposed depressed seats formed therein for holding the beads of said cover, and means for holding the beads within said seats. i

3. In a resilient tire, the combination of an inner stretching ring having a depressed portionf and substantially vertically disposed depressed seats forlned therein at 'either side of said depressed portion, a cover having beads held in said seats, said beads being separated by said depressed portion, and means for holding said beads Within said seats.

4. In a resilient tire, the combination of aninne'r stretching ring having depressions with substantially parallel sides forming lseats and lateral parts extended outwardly from said seats, a cover provided with en-V larged beads held in the said seats and having the narrower portions of said cover adj acent to said enlarged beads pressed against the said lateral parts extending outwardly from said seats, pressing means for pressing 

